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Winnie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Winnie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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| What a gem! It’s as if Captain John Smith thought, “One day a writer might be trying to write a novel about sailing in the Elizabethan time period. I’ll write a glossary/how-to manual to help her out.” And the result is this masterpiece. He even incl ...more | |
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| Great stuff. One of ND's niftiest knacks is creating characters we want to follow as they live the rest of their lives. Read this in January '08, again in June '10. ...more | |
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| Fantastic research for the (virtually) seafaring author. The Jack Aubrey books give you the captain’s perspective; Richard Dana gives you the common sailor’s experience—wildly different. His concluding chapter on the dire need for the gospel at sea i ...more | |
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| Positively loved the extended chase as the Dutch man-of-war pursues Jack’s undermanned, outgunned ship through heavy seas. I could wish the book didn’t rely so heavily on Stephen’s moody bad luck with love as its emotional ballast—gets boring, and yo ...more | |
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| Meh, not my favorite for two reasons, related to each other: 1) The story is based on real events, which means the great central naval battle reads like a distant history book instead of a novel—a tragedy, since O’Brian normally excels at describing ...more | |
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| One of my favorites yet. Just a delightful, dashing adventure: Jane Austen romance by land, Errol Flynn swashbuckling by sea. | |
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career. ”
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess.”
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Neri
May 15, 2010 01:03PM
OBRIGADA THAM KYOUO
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whoohoo...i've read quite a few of the books you've read...now i feel learne`d:D